Iipumbu joined the
Congress of Democrats at a young age and was elected the party's youth leader. He was suspended as youth leader in 2010 on allegations of financial mismanagement and consequently left the party. He later joined the
Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters in June 2014. He was appointed its inaugural national coordinator, the second-highest position in the party. The NEFF is similar to the South African
Economic Freedom Fighters in its economic policies, yet differ on social ideologies. The party failed to win any parliamentary representation in that year's
general election. In the
2019 general election, the party won two seats in the
National Assembly. Iipumbu and party leader
Epafras Mukwiilongo filled the seats in March 2020. Mukwiilongo appointed him as the chief whip of the party. ==References==